When accessed by the application owner:
https://creator.zoho.com/api/<ownername>/<format>/<applicationName>/form/<formName>/record/delete/
When accessed by a shared user:
https://creator.zoho.com/api/<ownername>/<format>/<applicationName>/view/<viewName>/record/delete/
where <applicationName>, <formName> and <viewName> are the link names of your application, form and view as can be referred to here and <format> is the type of response format as listed below.
xml, json
POST
| Parameter Name | Usage | Description |
| authtoken | Required. | A valid API authtoken. Refer https://api.creator.zoho.com/Generate-Auth-Token.html for generating authtoken. |
| scope | Required | Specify the value as creatorapi |
| criteria | Required. | The criteria must be specified in the format <criteria column name> <operator> <value> Example : (Name == "Jean" && DOB == "20-Jul-1981") |
Refer to this page for the link names used in your applications.
<form method="POST" action="https://creator.zoho.com/api/sampleapps/xml/sample/form/Employee/record/delete/">
<input type="hidden" name ="authtoken" value="************">
<input type="hidden" name ="scope" id="scope" value="creatorapi">
<input type="text" name="criteria" value="Name=Gary">
<input type="submit" value="Delete Record">
</form>
<response>
<result>
<form name="Employee">
<delete>
<criteria>Name=Gary</criteria>
<status>Success</status>
</delete>
</form>
</result>
</response>
{"formname":["RestAPI",{"operation":["delete",{"criteria":"Name=Gary","status":"Success"}]}]}
If there is an error in the request format, the corresponding error code with error message will be displayed. Please refer to the topic Error codes and descriptions for the list of error codes. If the operation is successful, the response message will be displayed with status as "Success".